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However, I would be remiss if I were to say there were not selfish reasons for my wanting to learn the language. Over my short time in and around professional baseball it has become abundantly clear that knowledge of the Spanish language is a considerable advantage...
Keep in mind, first of all, that selfish behavior is warranted in some circumstances. This is one of them. I am not encouraging you to become Harvard’s version of “Mean Girls” villain Regina George, but you should nonetheless be selfish in your blocking decision. (And, by the way, demanding the piece of cake with the biggest frosting flower at your fifth birthday party was also justified...
...what makes The Sopranos a great, not just entertaining, show is that the most disturbing stories are about Tony's casual, selfish, bloodless cruelties. The ruin of another person is better than a slight inconvenience to him, and no matter how many promises he breaks or lives he destroys, he always believes himself more sinned against than sinning. He has toddled through the series like an overindulged two-year-old, protected from the consequences of his actions by perverse fate, and protected from their moral consequences by his power of rationalization. After he shafts a helpless civilian in a business...
...doors. But professors are facing a backlash in the court of public opinion-, as the response to the resignation drains ink barrels across the country. A piece in The Washington Times called Lawrence H. Summers’ opponents “the Lilliputians guarding their miserable little nests of selfish indifference.” The editor in chief of The New Republic, Martin Peretz, wrote in the magazine that an “alliance of frightened souls and hyped-up orators” chased Summers out. The most visible rebuke came on the Op-Ed page of Saturday?...
...generals who are running Burma are selfish, corrupt, shortsighted and most of all fearful of what will happen to them should they be forced to relinquish power. But the military regime should know that the fall of an empire is always preceded by harsh, tyrannous treatment of the people. While maintaining stability, the generals should return freedom to the Burmese and build up the country, which is a shambles. By working toward a good economy and a better life, Burma's military would better serve the people and earn their admiration. Lai Wee Leong Singapore...